Extremely Easy Chocolate Orange Fudge (& Variations)

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 lb confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1/2 cup butter (don't use margarine)
• 1/4 cup milk or 1/4 cup half-and-half cream
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon orange extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 line an 8 inch square pan with foil, extending it over the edges. lightly grease the foil.
• 2 mix the sugar and cocoa; set aside.
• 3 in a saucepan, heat the butter, milk and chocolate chips; heat until butter and chips melt and mixture is smooth.
• 4 stir in extracts, sugar/cocoa mixture and nuts if using.
• 5 pour into foil lined pan and chill for at least one hour; use foil to lift fudge out of the pan and cut into squares.
• 6 variations- use any other flavor of chips, omitting the orange extract; other steps remain the same.
• 7 also for a wonderful chocolate almond flavor, omit the orange extract and use 1 teaspoons of almond extract.